Goopy Geer is a 1932 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon short directed by Rudolf Ising, featuring the first appearance of the title character.[1] The short was released on April 16, 1932, alongside the feature film The Crowd Roars.[2]
| Goopy Geer | |
|---|---|
 Goopy Geer playing the piano. | |
| Directed by | Rudolf Ising |
| Produced by | Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising Leon Schlesinger |
| Starring | Johnny Murray Rudolf Ising The King's Men |
| Music by | Frank Marsales |
| Animation by | Isadore Freleng Rollin Hamilton Uncredited: Bob Clampett Paul J. Smith Larry Martin Norman Blackburn Carman Maxwell |
| Layouts by | Isadore Freleng (uncredited) |
| Backgrounds by | Art Loomer (uncredited) |
| Color process | Black-and-white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English |
Synopsis
editThe customers in a nightclub clamor for Goopy Geer, who then comes out on the stage and entertains them by playing the piano, first with his fingers and his ears, later with his animated gloves. He's soon accompanied by a girl who tells a joke and sings a song.
Meanwhile, the customers eat and carry on in slapstick ways, and two coat racks dance together.
Toward the end, a drunken horse spits fire and destroys the piano, but Goopy keeps right on playing.
Notes
edit- Two scenes—one involving a waiter, the other the drunken horse—are reused from the earlier Foxy short Lady, Play Your Mandolin! Also, one of the customers, a fat lady hippo, had also appeared in a Foxy short, Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!
Reception
editMotion Picture Herald called the film "an amusing cartoon number." The review noted that "the furniture does its assorted jigging in a manner often done before, but the short is entertaining enough in animated fashion."[3]
References
edit- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 10. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ "Shorts". Motion Picture Herald. 107 (5): 42. April 30, 1932. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
External links
edit- Goopy Geer at IMDb
- Goopy Geer at the TCM Movie Database
- Goopy Geer on YouTube
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